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The Government’s formula is meant to make the allocation of school budgets fairer. But the Worth Less? campaign says it won't work.

Bill Marshall, the chair of Cornwall Association of Secondary Teachers (CASH), is one of the six travelling to London today.

Mr Marshall said:"The children of Cornwall should not be disadvantaged in their education by virtue of where they live.

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“The government are to be credited with trying to address historic school funding issues, but it is clear that the current proposals do not go far enough.

“Head teachers and governing bodies are working hard to limit the impact, but without a major injection of additional cash, children attending schools in Cornwall, Devon and across all 25 counties represented today will be unfairly disadvantaged, impacting on class sizes, curriculum offer and extracurricular opportunities."

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David Barton, CASH Executive Officer said: ‘The National Funding Formula has been anticipated with expectation and enthusiasm for a number of years, especially in lower funded authorities.

“If properly funded, then years of inequitable funding can be corrected.

“However, the overall amount of proposed funding for schools is quite simply inadequate. Unless the Treasury can be persuaded to commit more money to the country’s schools then sadly the opportunities presented by the new funding formula will be lost.’

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The group is headed by Jules White, headteacher at Tanbridge House School in West Sussex who has spearheaded and coordinated the Worth Less campaign.

Mr White admits his budget is so tight they've cut teachers and can't afford to properly use cleaners.

"Day to day it's desperate," he said.

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"If I lose a teacher I can't afford to replace them. Our children most crucially are being disadvantaged as well. They're all going to sit the same GCSE yet they're in class sizes of 35, they don't get one-to-one support that they want.

"I'm really proud of the school, we're doing great, but think how well we could do if we were just funded adequately."

Even under the new formula Mr White reckons his school won't receive enough extra money.

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He claims the Government's own figures highlight the imbalance.

Under the new formula, in 2018-19 an average funded primary school in Devon will receive £407,200 less than the same size school in the London borough of Greenwich.